The Complexity of Health Self-Management Behavior. Beliefs and Attitudes of Individuals Living With Spinal Cord Injury in Switzerland.

Objective: Within the objective of defining targets for interventions to support self-management behaviors among people living with spinal cord injury, this study aims to describe self-management attitudes and beliefs in community-dwelling people living with spinal cord injury in Switzerland and to identify their correlates in terms of personal characteristics and outcomes, such as secondary health conditions and quality of life.

Design: This is a cross-sectional, observational study using data from the third community survey of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study.

Results: Out of 1158 individuals, the data revealed high endorsement in areas of prevention importance, perceived knowledge, adherence to recommendations, and proactive problem-solving.

Healthcare Service Utilization and Related Costs. A Comparison of the Situation of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury to the General Population.

Objective: The aim of the study is to investigate healthcare utilization and related costs in spinal cord injury compared to the Swiss population, addressing gaps in understanding this vulnerable group's needs.

Design: We analyzed healthcare utilization across age groups using data from the Swiss Health Survey and the Swiss Community Survey. Employing count models, Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial, and Poisson regressions, we estimated the adjusted healthcare visits across different age groups in the sample.

Two decades of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in health research: a bibliometric analysis.

: We conducted a twenty-year bibliometric analysis of scientific literature, focusing on the trends of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) use in health research. : We retrieved 3'467 documents published between 2002 and 2022, sourced from the Web of Science Core Collection database. We used the Bibliometrix and VoSviewer tools for descriptive analyses and data visualization.

Improving the Acceptability and Implementation of Information and Communication Technology-Based Health Care Platforms for Older People With Dementia or Parkinson Disease: Qualitative Study Results of Key Stakeholders.

Background: The management of neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) in older populations is usually demanding and involves care provision by various health care services, resulting in a greater burden on health care systems in terms of costs and resources. The convergence of various health services within integrated health care models, which are enabled and adopted jointly with information and communication technologies (ICTs), has been identified as an effective alternative health care solution. However, its widespread implementation faces formidable challenges.